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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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